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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

We arrived at the La Jolla Festival of the Arts not really knowing what to expect. Fortunately, people actually showed up - and some of them even knew who we were! (For the rest, the words "free cake" were more than enough incentive to cram into the tent. Heh.) Whatever the reasons, we had a hefty, happy crowd - so much so that our hosts ran out of books. (Oops. Sorry, guys.)

We neglected to get a shot of the crowd, but here's a cutie in a custom CW shirt:

John & I were touched by how many Wreckies chose to pay their own admission rather than allow us to pay for them. In the end, we only owed the Festival admission for 51 of the more than 150 people at the show. Several folks told me they paid their own way despite financial hardships and even unemployment. That's super humbling stuff, guys. Thank you.

And now...the cake!

Get a load of this jungle goodness! Lisa of Cake Dreams and Cookie Wishes pulled out all the stops in crafting this sweet treat - especially considering she only had a week's notice when our first baker had to cancel.

Lisa putting the final details in place.

A few close-ups:

And my favorite bits:

Awww. My name's on the Disney hat! Plus, the little book was perfect - and edible.

Oh, and Lisa's carrot cake? Phenomenal.

I was thrilled that there were any wreckplicas entered in the contest - and even more so when they turned out to be this amazing:

She even included the tiny penguin! Ha!

A photo of the WoW cake on a cupcake. Perfect.

Our "winners!"

I love that two of our three winners were wearing Disney shirts. :)

And their cakes:

This was our grand prize winner - because "Pink Cat Gives You Wings!"

And that's it for our third "world" tour! Thanks so much to all of you who came out, to our volunteer bakers, and to our host stores for making John and me feel like wrecky royalty. It's been a great week, thanks to all of you!

Note from john: Special thanks to Sean Boston for finding us a sushi knife/full on sword to cut the cake. You rock absolutely!

I met my fiance two summers ago while working at Kilimanjaro Safaris at the Animal Kingdom in Orlando, and I wish I would have seen that safari cake earlier! We're getting married in 10 days, and that would be the perfect grooms cake!

hiya! i was kinda wondering if you ever came to Canada for your tours? if you don't PLEASE consider comming next year, me & my mommy love looking at these things and it'd be so fun to make a version of the cake wrecks :) THANKS VERY MUCH!!!!

Jen and John - I think Warwick's owes you an apology! You endured cake cancellations, botched logistics, running out of books and no cake knife! Unacceptable! It was a Book Wreck .. but so glad you came here anyway .. we love you!

I think Warwick's owes you an apology for being a Bookstore Wreck. Botched logistics including changing locations, canceled cakemaker, no cake knife .. and running out of books!! Totally wrecked. Glad you made it to San Diego anyway - we love you!

OMG, I'm stupid. This whole time, I've been wondering about the name of this tour - why would the west coast be considered "Third World?" Ahem... 3rd "World" Tour, not "Third-world" Tour. Going back to my hole now.

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